Benin vs United Kingdom: Forest area

Benin

3.13 million hectares

in 2025

United Kingdom

3.28 million hectares

in 2025

Benin rank

92nd

United Kingdom rank

89th

Forest area over time

Benin
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 3.28 million hectares against 3.13 million hectares in Benin, a difference of 144,730 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 92nd and United Kingdom ranks 89th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Benin
Forest area in United Kingdom
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.